Where does “super flu” come from?
super flu (English) comes from English flu, from English influenza, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
Ancestry of “super flu”, step by step
super flu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flu | Influenza; Stomach flu |
| 2 | English | influenza | An acute contagious disease of the upper airways... |
| 3 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 6 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English super
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 2 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 3 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 4 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 6 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |